Senator john mccain


US08 media wrap: McCain v NY Times

What a blessed relief to take a break from the Obama/Clinton/Obama Obama Obama storyline … with a bit of alleged McCain scandal, writes Sophie Black.

Richard Farmer’s political bite-sized meaty chunks

Libs take note of GOP choice … Turnbull’s on to something … Snazzing up the CV … a whale of a problem … Swan’s cheap cuts .. the pick of the morning’s political coverage … Daily reality check.

US08 media wrap: Fred Thompson gets out of the kitchen

An already steaming race heats up. Republican “possible” Fred Thompson, the former senator of Tennessee, is getting out of the kitchen, which is possibly good news for Mike Huckabee with the two competing for similar constituents. Things are certainly fiery in the Democrats.

US 08 media wrap: Romney under Mac attack

The Big Mac is back. The television cameras are following him again, the town halls are filling once more and the self-proclaimed “older than dirt” Senator John McCain has got a spring in his arthritic step.

Will McCain be another Iraq casualty?

Even as George W Bush repeated, yet again, his determination to “stay the course” in Iraq, the war looked like claiming another high profile casualty.